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HOLLAND DEFEATS

OMAR

HOLDER ELIMINATED BY

BETTER PLAYER

MAGNIFICENT BOWLING

(By Straight Wood.)

Adam Holland yesterday accomplished a bril- liant feat when he eliminated U. M. Omar, the

4. Alfa-Romeo (Mme. Siko and holder, in the First Round of the Lawn Bowls Open Sabita),

t

After a twenty-four hours strug- gle marked by some of the wild-

est driving ever seen in a contest of equal importance, the Grand ed yesterday in a victory for a

Prix d'Endurance at Le Mans end.

third

Championship, by 21 shots to 17.

Omar won his second championship title on the K.C.C. green last year when he defeated J. Laing in the Final by 21 shots to 14. His previous success was as far back as 1923. Holland has won the championship once before in 1930. and his victory-yesterday makes him a hot favourite for this year's title.

French-owned Alfa-Romeo car.

A British Talbot was Another British car, an Aston Martin, driven by Bertelli and Driscoll, won the Rudge-Whitworth

In my notes an Friday cup for the best performance on

Bald I

that the handicap.

Omar- Five cars were wrecked in the Holland match would probably best of the competi- first three hours, all by mistakes be the

Of the twenty-six cars

which started, only nine finished-three British, three French, and three Italian.

The fifteenth head was good except that Omar was a little short when the shot WAS against him. This was a bad mistake. Holland went to of Inexperienced or over-eager tion, and the large crowd who drivers.

witnessed yesterday's game will pieces in the next head and agree with me; it was the best Omar drew up to eleven-ali with a maximum count. Omar game of bowls I have ever seen

lay three in the next head only and there will be few if any ex- hibitions to equal it during the for Holland to draw with his rest of the competition.

third and remain good. Holland won the toss and lay a

EXCELLENT TWENTY-FIFTH. nice shot, but Omar with his last

Omar got a nice one on the next wood carried the jack to lie two, head, but was then short with his a round of applause greeting first and Holland put one on the beautiful shot. Then Holland jack, draw a second shot, but Omır drew three shots and put his fourth with a beautiful shot saved one and at the back for safety, Omar fail-Holland had to be content with ing to save a count of three in his single. The twentieth head dimcult position. The third head was patchy and Omar got one to was not good, both being erratic and Helland secured one.

LIKE A PACK OF MANIACS.

·TEAM PLANS IGNORED.

LE MANS, June 20. Sensation began with the fall of the flag and the rush of twenty six drivers to their cars which were drawn up in front of the pits. The big white Mercedes was first off the mark, with Lewis's Talbot next, and Birkin's Alfa-Romeo and ja swarm of other Italian cars on

their heels.

The first lap, Birkin said afterwards, was like a herd of children let out of a lunatic asylum.

HOLLAND, SECURES LEAD,

Holland threw the jack in, the ditch and Omar seized his opportunity to make it a short head, but Holland put his first right on the target and his second one very close; his third ̧ wood knocked Omar in for 'second shot and the latter was applauded for drawing the shot with a toucher. With his last wood Holland lay a shot again and Omar was not quite up with his final effort. It was a wonderful head to watch. The score was now 5-2 in favour

Team tactics had been careful- | ly: arranged in the Alfa-Romeo camp, but the Italian professional drivers had no idea of playing second fiddle to English amateurs. ¡Minicia and Cortese ignored all

instructions and shot away on of Holland, who lay another shot race of their own, heedless of any thing but their own glory and rivalries.

at the sixth, doing the damage with his last one when Omar was lying two. On the next head Holland drew

Very soon this insane driving another shot, only to be faced out was to bring disaster. To begin by Omar, who promptly puts with it took them into the lead blocker in and scored one. with Birkin .content to lie third

and keep to hla set speed,

INTERESTING NINTH.

make it thirteen-all. On the next jhend Omar was lying till Holland brake things up a bit and finally got a wick off his opponent's fourth shot to secure a single At the twenty-second head it was “just a question of weight,” all the woods finishing in a line up and down the green, but Omar got it easily with one behind. The twenty- fourth was patchy with Holland getting one shot. But they made up for it on the next head,

Holland put his second right. on top of the jack, for Omar, to spring it over to his own. Holland came up on the back. hand to lay, but Omar imme diately nullified it with a won- derful shot. Omar was then through with his first one;

Holland got toucher; put a second one in and looked in for a good count, but carried the Jack with his third to le only the one. Omar, mean-- time, just failed to save and Holland made it into two with Meanwhile, the first crash had The Bowling Green man was on

his last wood-s pretty shot. happened. Trevous, the young the jack again at the

next head,

Holland, who was now leading driver of the French-owned Bent-Omar just failing to get him twice, 18-15, put his next wood on the ley, too eager to make up a bad but saving one with his last wood jack again, followed by another start, took a bend too fast. The when Holland had put a second close one. Omar was shot at first car was flung off the road into a one in. The next head brought then heavy and Holland blocked. ditch and turned, over completely another single to Holland who was his only hand, forcing him to put wrecked. Trevons was lucky to playing very steady.

The ninth a pound on. Two certain and a get off with a broken wrist. proved interesting with Omar al-masura for three and game, but ways on top to finish with the it wasn't all over, only 20-15 in minimum. Then Holland lay two, Holland's favour.

PILE OF WRECKED CARS.-

The scene of this accident is a Omar rested him for shot and in HOLLAND'S LAST WOOD. bend known as the White House, the next head he saved brilliantly Holland had a bad time on the where the road is no more than with a toucher when Holland was next head, after going four fest 12 ft. wide, with a strip of grass lying a good couple.

and a ditch on either hand. Last The score at the eleventh head through with a toucher which night, within two hours of the was 8-7 in favour of Holland who turned out to be third shot to Omar's two cool counters. On start, there was a pile of wrecked scored a single in the next after the last head Holland put one near cars at the spot.

Omar had been lying two. It was the jack, just short, Omar broke Mincia, whose duel with his a good effort, but not as good as it up and lay a shot. Holland team mate, Cortese, had already Omar's on the next. head, when he made the stands gasp, came up to Aaved two with a toucher for Hol-drew it again and Omar drove and got timber, and Holland then pat this corner very fast, after har-land still to score one,

another one in. The head Was open now and Omar with a love- ly drive moved both of Holland's

ing just passed Brizzon's Stutz

He got round, but skidded wildly,

turned round, and shot backwards (Continued from previous Column.) woods but the latter still had a into, the ditch. Brisson just be- hind swerved to avoid him.

A terrific collision seemed inevitable, but the Italian skid took the car into the left-hand ditch, while Brisson found himself diving into the road

Neither man was hurt,

Another of the Alfa-Romeos, which Marinoni was driving in place of its owner, Prince Diord- jadze, shot off the road at one of the very sharp benda at Arnage. BRITISH MISFORTUNES.

Still another Italian came to grief at Arnage," and, by : 6.30 wild iving had accor for half the Italian entries.

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most of the next hour at his pit back one which Omar had pre- trying to get his fuel mixture viously sent there. It was a mea- right. All three Aston Martins sure for shot with Holland's last had been in turn to rectify wood to go-and he made no mis- troubles. Apparently they were take with it, drawing right into the all caught napping by the heat twice-moved Jack to win the after practising la the cool of the match with a shot well worthy of

the contest. night.

..

Samuelson'sS.M.G., which

had been running perfectly and well up on its handicap, fost all its patrol through a lesk. The fast Bugatti had already disappeared with fuel trouble, and at midnight no more than half the twenty-six startera were still on their

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BEST PLAYER WON. There can be no doubt that on the day's play the batter: man won, his opponent, never the lead after the first head and was mostly on the twice at least redőc-

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